Re: Hello again everyone! ^_^

Hi mips

And yeah I do still like KDE. I feel it is very fleshed out and still a very aesthetically pleasing GUI, although I was a tad disappointed when I went back into it after spending a while in Linux Mint's Cinnamon desktop, which seemed cleaner and more polished for some reason despite not feeling as "complete".

KDE is currently possibly still the best Windows-like alternative on Linux

Cinnamon is probably my favourite in terms of raw looks.

At the moment... I have Windows on my laptop but am using Debian on my server (kinda wish I chose Ubuntu Server but... bit late for that now!).

Re: Hello again everyone! ^_^

Originally Posted by hoppipolla

Hi mips

And yeah I do still like KDE. I feel it is very fleshed out and still a very aesthetically pleasing GUI, although I was a tad disappointed when I went back into it after spending a while in Linux Mint's Cinnamon desktop, which seemed cleaner and more polished for some reason despite not feeling as "complete".

KDE is currently possibly still the best Windows-like alternative on Linux

Cinnamon is probably my favourite in terms of raw looks.

At the moment... I have Windows on my laptop but am using Debian on my server (kinda wish I chose Ubuntu Server but... bit late for that now!).

I think KDE is one of my favorites. I go back and forth between that and Gnome Shell. My son likes Gnome Shell, and his computer is the only one running Linux at the moment. I tried Cinnamon a while back, and I liked where it was going, but it was way too lacking for me at the time. I didn't like how small the taskbar was, and it was way too hard to change it without everything else becoming buggy. You had to edit code in about 3 different files, and even then, it messed up other things. I'm sure since then, they've added a lot of functionality. I tried Mint KDE for a while, but it seemed like Kubuntu was a little better, so I switched to Kubuntu. I think the only worthy versions of Mint are Cinnamon, Mate if you're into that, and maybe the Debian-based version. For anything else, I think the support is better for the Ubuntu variants.

As for Windows 8, it's pretty awesome. I don't like ModernUI (Metro), so I installed a 3rd party Start menu that bypasses ModernUI. After doing that, I love it. It's faster and more stable than Win7, and they added some new features to the desktop mode that aren't extravagant, but they're nice. I don't know how it would run on an old laptop, though. It should run on anything that can run Windows 7. But if you have Windows 7, it's probably not worth paying for an upgrade, unless you really like ModernUI.

Last edited by forrestcupp; April 12th, 2013 at 02:08 PM.

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Re: Hello again everyone! ^_^

Originally Posted by forrestcupp

I think KDE is one of my favorites. I go back and forth between that and Gnome Shell. My son likes Gnome Shell, and his computer is the only one running Linux at the moment. I tried Cinnamon a while back, and I liked where it was going, but it was way too lacking for me at the time. I didn't like how small the taskbar was, and it was way too hard to change it without everything else becoming buggy. You had to edit code in about 3 different files, and even then, it messed up other things. I'm sure since then, they've added a lot of functionality. I tried Mint KDE for a while, but it seemed like Kubuntu was a little better, so I switched to Kubuntu. I think the only worthy versions of Mint are Cinnamon, Mate if you're into that, and maybe the Debian-based version. For anything else, I think the support is better for the Ubuntu variants.

As for Windows 8, it's pretty awesome. I don't like ModernUI (Metro), so I installed a 3rd party Start menu that bypasses ModernUI. After doing that, I love it. It's faster and more stable than Win7, and they added some new features to the desktop mode that aren't extravagant, but they're nice. I don't know how it would run on an old laptop, though. It should run on anything that can run Windows 7. But if you have Windows 7, it's probably not worth paying for an upgrade, unless you really like ModernUI.

That's cool man

Don't tell anyone but... I'm using XP lol

This laptop is well old and it does the job very well!

My other favourite for old machines is Mint XFCE (have you tried that?) but I like the compatibility. Hell, some of my old games run much better on XP than 7, so that's a fringe benefit!

Most of my cash goes on my server lol

Cinnamon was pretty basic a while back yeah - knowing the Mint guys though they're probably working hard on it!

Mate is alright... I just actually found it felt more out-of-date than the XFCE variant, probably because XFCE is still actively maintained as a GUI.

I haven't looked into many of the lightweight DEs though... I'd love to see more work on Enlightenment but E17... is it actually out yet? xD

LXDE is my lightweight desktop of choice, but having said that I think the Mint team had more luck with XFCE

I'm still not sure about the normal Ubuntu desktop though... do you like it? o.O